Alternative for Germany (AfD) party

Will AfD’s historic win affect Holocaust remembrance in Germany? - analysis

Some of Alternative for Germany's regional branches, including in Saxony-Anhalt, have been classified as right-wing extremist organizations by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund attends the AfD election party after polls closed in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections and exit polls were announced, in Magdeburg, Germany, September 6, 2026.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026

Merz says Germany needs reform, defends democratic order after historic election defeat against AfD

Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel attends a press conference the day after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Berlin, Germany September 7, 2026.

Far-right AfD's Weidel targets 40% in next German federal election after state victory

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Ulrich Siegmund, and party co leader Tino Chrupalla react from the stage at the AfD election party, after exit polls in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, in Magdeburg, Germany, September 6, 2026.

European leaders voice concern as Germany's far-right AfD wins key state election


German lawmakers want security review after failed coup plot

Sebastian Hartmann: "The Bundestag should also review its security concept. Personally, I feel safe, but my confidence is not boundless."

 Police secures the area after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group, that the interior ministry claimed posed a terrorist threat, were detained during raids across Germany, in Frankfurt, Germany December 7, 2022.

Far-right German politician danced on Holocaust memorial site in Berlin

Israel's ambassador to Germany condemned his actions and said he brought "shame upon his party."

THE MASSIVE cemetery-like Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

What does the future hold for Germany and its Jews? - opinion

Many around the world and in Germany are wondering what a new government will bring.

 Leader of the Greens Annalena Baerbock speaks during a meeting after the presentation of the coalition deal of SPD, FDP and Greens parties, in Berlin, Germany November 25, 2021.

A Jewish male model is running for Germany’s parliament — on the far-right ticket

34-year-old Marcel Yaron Goldhammer, a dual German-Israeli citizen and a former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, is running on the ticket of AfD, a right-wing populist party.

The interior of the Reichstag, the German Parliament building

German far-right party put under surveillance first time since Nazi era

The Central Council of Jews in Germany welcomed the decision, saying: "The AfD's destructive politics undermine our democratic institutions and discredit democracy among citizens."

Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alexander Gauland raises his arm during a plenum session at the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany March 13, 2020

Rise in German antisemitism, extremism has Jews questioning their future

Several reports have shown that right-wing extremism has even seeped into the country’s police forces, including one elite squad that the government disbanded over its “toxic leadership.”

Swastika and the word "Raus" (Out) are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015.

Extremism on the rise in Germany, increasing threat of antisemitism

A German government office identified 32,080 right-wing extremists and 33,500 left-wing extremists in Germany in 2019.

Attendee at Neo-Nazi concert, Themar, Germany, July 2017